“Russian sarafan”: a new exhibition opened in the museum-reserve
The exhibition, which is relevant in the summer heat, has opened in the museum-reserve. “Russian sundress”. Note: this is the premiere of the collection. This quantity has never been ordered. The event was timed to coincide with the Year of the Diversity of Russia’s Cultural Heritage. Peasant sundresses are so good that you can buy a cover.
The elegant clothes of Russian peasant women are revealed in an intriguing subdued light. For a costume of a historical setting – disastrous. There is also a deep meaning, they seem to float out of the past. Here are the magnificent Yaroslavl lancet kokoshniks. They were worn by married women, girls decorated their heads with bandages.
“The main decoration of this sundress is the decoration of the lower part.”
Elegant sundresses of their mistresses are decorated with embroidery fabric, gold braid. A belt is required, it was indecent to be unbelted. In the collection of things from the XVIII century to the 30s of XX. Mostly northern provinces. Remaining generally conservative, peasant clothing was varied in cut and fabrics. There are rare printed ones. And a tool to get them. Matter today surprises with its extraordinary quality. In fact, a lot can be learned about a woman. True, today it is impossible to name the hostesses. But the collectors of the collection discover.
Larisa Polushkina, senior researcher at the historical department of the Yaroslavl Museum-Reserve:
“This is Illarion Aleksandrovich Tikhomirov, Dubrovin Nikolai Fedorovich, we have a part of the famous Shabelskaya collection. This is a research collector, her colleagues compare with the collection of Shchukin, Tenisheva, she also collected folk art.
Only five museums own things from Shabelskaya. Svetlana Larionova, a restorer of the highest category, will be exhibiting 25 Georgian sarafans. I must say that the collection is very informative. An inquisitive viewer will receive a lot of information. For the holiday, the peasant women, indeed, dressed with taste. Even on the first day of mowing they were smart.
Marina Smaragdova, correspondent:
“Many fashion houses used the motives of the Russian national costume in their collections. Slava Zaitsev has succeeded in our country, his collection has always been an outstanding success.”
Dushanbes repetitive birdlike women, fluttering in folds. The exhibition presents Ukrainian consumer dolls Nadezhda Lavrova. They have visited many countries of the world. And the lakes are young ladies in costumes of Russian provinces.